Reviews

Review RockShox’s wirelessly controlled Reverb AXS dropper post is undoubtedly a very clever, installation easing and very versatile bar tidying upgrade. Is it worth nearly double the money of its conventional dropper though?

Review The Santa Cruz 800 Riser is an expensive but excellent handlebar choice - for all disciplines

Review SRAM’s Eagle AXS wireless system is the ultimate aspirational shifter set up for off-road riders, but after a year in the wild, just how good is it?

Review The Hope HB130 is a hand-built carbon and alloy mid-travel 29er, but is it as good it looks?

Review We put the Schwalbe Nobby Nic ADDIX SpeedGrip Snakeskin TLE tyres through their paces, here's what we thought.

Review Compound change makes Schwalbe’s benchmark aggro mountain bike tyre even more magical

Review Cotic’s semi-steel short-travel trail mountain bike gets an even more radical geometry and shorter, smoother suspension update

Review Fox’s second-tier fork delivers first-rate, all-mountain performance while leaving money in your pocket

Review Is RockShox new shinier Pike really the Ultimate mid-weight mountain bike suspension fork?

Review Hutchinson’s new Enduro dominating Griffus MTB tyres are a gloriously connected all-conditions bargain

Review The Hunt Trail Wide mountain bike wheels deliver a superb ride feel in a full-featured package for a bargain price but how have they coped with a year of hammer?

Review The 37mm carbon wheel offering from Santa Cruz is optimised for the plump-tyre curious. We push them to the edge on a variety of UK gnar trails

Review Specialized’s Turbo Levo FSR has set the benchmark for all round E-MTB performance, but what’s so great about it and what’s not? Guy Kesteven reports

Review Evil’s Following set a new standard for short travel, big attitude 29er trail bikes but how does it compare to the latest contenders? Guy Kesteven has been hitting the moors, Enduro tracks and off-piste black runs of Yorkshire to find out.

Review Has RockShox managed to eke even more performance out of the Lyrik for 2020? We’ve been hitting the roughest and toughest fork-punishing enduro tracks to find out

Review Cane Creek’s US-made HELM is one of the best gripping forks around but it’s not totally without gripes

Review Trek’s Kovee Elite wheels are super cheap for carbon but are they actually better than even cheaper alloy wheels?

Review Specialized’s affordable carbon rimmed wheels have been put to the test, here's what we thought.

Review Has a longer fork and bigger tyres turned the alloy Specialized Epic into a lightweight play bike?